Anonymous has released an purported Twitter hijacking tool called the Universal Rapid Gamma Emitter (URGE), posting the source code for the exploit on Github.

According to Softpedia, the hacker collective claims the new tool is not intended to be malicious, but was designed “to make it easier for us to tweet faster without copying and pasting constantly."

“We recently have become tired of seeing trending topics on twitter that were redundant and 'pop culture' like... This was pathetic in our eyes, and we could not stand by and take it anymore," said an anonymous member who believes the Twitter trends should "actually serve a cause," according to the Softpedia article.

Anonymous has also posted a brief user's manual for the URGE tool on Pastebin.

The what? I think some of these people need to turn off their sci-fi shows, come up from the basement and get a life. Twitter hijacking was thriving quite well without another of their cute little tools, tyvm. They can also cut the crap, it is intended to be malicious. Anon is a joke now, nothing more than a bunch of little hoodlums without a purpose and far too much time on their hands.

Even the antisec branch has been turned over to careless numbskulls. Anon simply is a shadow of its former self. Their recklessness has not only destroyed their reputation, but also caused far more problems for those they said they'd fight for, than the ones they're fighting against. I have no data to back this opinion up, but I'm fairly sure (especially these days), the general public takes no issue with "sticking it to the man", drag the general public into it and start posting all their info on P2P networks, and they'll take issue quick.

And that is what kills things quickly. If the public hates you, you are screwed. That is a far more powerful force than any government on this planet. You do not mess with the public they will destroy you one way or another.

Anon is just a bunch of skiddy's who likes attention as soon as the news stops writing about them they will fade away into nothing.